Planes, Trains & Automobiles

An uptight businessman faces disaster after disaster as he tries to get back home in time for his family's Thanksgiving dinner, and along the way is joined by an insane traveling salesman that will not leave him alone.

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An uptight businessman faces disaster after disaster as he tries to get back home in time for his family's Thanksgiving dinner, and along the way is joined by an insane traveling salesman that will not leave him alone.

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This is a terrific Thanksgiving movie. You can't go wrong with the combination of Steve Martin and John Candy. Planes, Trains and Automobiles was written and directed by John Hughes. He also wrote one of my favorite Christmas movies, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, as well as many of my favorite teen movies. This movie is rated R for strong language and a brief sexual image.

I recently rewatched this movie and was a bit disappointed. I remembered it being much funnier but when I watched it now there was just too much "gross" and stupid humor to be really funny. My 14 year old daughter did not find it funny at all, nor did my husband. Some funny moments and a touching end but over all disappointing to what I had remembered.

For me this movie was reminiscenct of “The Out of Towners” with Jack Lemon, and it came in a sad second. Of course everyone has their own unique sense of humor. My unique sense didn't find this movie comical, just silly.

I don't quite understand the reviewer who said they were "unable to laugh" at this movie - I am unable to not laugh.. in my opinion it is brilliant. It's one of my all-time favorite comedies. John Candy is a genius of a comedian ...Steve Martin's not bad, either!

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Neal: Eh, look, I don't want to be rude, but I'm not much of a conversationalist, and I really want to finish this article, a friend of mine wrote it, so...
Del: Don't let me stand in your way, please don't let me stand in your way. The last thing I want to be remembered as is an annoying blabbermouth... You know, nothing grinds my gears worse than some chowderhead that doesn't know when to keep his big trap shut... If you catch me running off with my mouth, just give me a poke on the chubbs...

Neal: Eh, look, I don't want to be rude, but I'm not much of a conversationalist, and I really want to finish this article, a friend of mine wrote it, so...
Del: Don't let me stand in your way, please don't let me stand in your way. The last thing I want to be remembered as is an annoying blabbermouth... You know, nothing grinds my gears worse than some chowderhead that doesn't know when to keep his big trap shut... If you catch me running off with my mouth, just give me a poke on the chubbs...